STOCK OPTION
AGREEMENT
THIS STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (“
Agreement ”) is made and entered into by and between
ZST Digital Networks, Inc. (“ Company ”), a
Delaware corporation, and John Chen, M.D. (“ Optionee
”), effective on October 20, 2009. (Company and
Optionee are sometimes referred to herein as “ party
” or collectively as the “ parties
.”)
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the
Company has entered into an employment agreement dated as of
October 8, 2009 for the purpose of retaining the services of the
Optionee in the service of the Company (or any Parent or
Subsidiary) (the “ Employment Agreement
”);
WHEREAS,
Optionee is to render valuable services to the Company (or a Parent
or Subsidiary), and this Agreement is executed pursuant to, and is
intended to carry out the purposes of, the Employment Agreement in
connection with the Company’s grant of an option to
Optionee. All capitalized terms in this Agreement shall
have the meaning assigned to them in the attached
Appendix.
NOW, THEREFORE,
it is hereby agreed as follows:
1.
Grant of Option . The Company hereby
grants to Optionee, on October 20, 2009 (the “ Grant
Date ”), an option to purchase up to Twenty-Five Thousand
(25,000) shares of Common Stock (the “ Option Shares
”). The Option Shares shall be purchasable from
time to time during the option term specified in Paragraph 2 at
$8.00 per share (the “ Exercise Price
”).
2.
Option Term . This option shall have a
term of five (5) years measured from the Grant Date (the “
Expiration Date ”) and shall accordingly expire at the
close of business on the Expiration Date, unless sooner terminated
in accordance with Paragraph 5.
3.
Limited Transferability .
(a) This
option shall be neither transferable nor assignable by Optionee
other than by will or the laws of inheritance following
Optionee’s death and may be exercised, during
Optionee’s lifetime, only by Optionee. However,
Optionee may designate one or more persons as the beneficiary or
beneficiaries of this option, and this option shall, in accordance
with such designation, automatically be transferred to such
beneficiary or beneficiaries upon the Optionee’s death while
holding this option. Such beneficiary or beneficiaries
shall take the transferred option subject to all the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, including (without limitation) the
limited time period during which this option may, pursuant to
Paragraph 5, be exercised following Optionee’s
death.
(b) As
a Non-Statutory Option, this option may be assigned in whole or in
part during Optionee’s lifetime to one or more members of
Optionee’s family or to a trust established for the exclusive
benefit of one or more such family members or to Optionee’s
former spouse, to the extent such assignment is in connection with
the Optionee’s estate plan or pursuant to a domestic
relations order. The assigned portion shall be
exercisable only by the person or persons who acquire a proprietary
interest in the option pursuant to such assignment. The
terms applicable to the assigned portion shall be the same as those
in effect for this option immediately prior to such
assignment.
4.
Dates of Exercise . This option shall
become immediately exercisable on the Grant Date, but to the extent
exercised, will be subject to a repurchase right of the Company
specified in Paragraph 10, which will lapse as follows: 50% of this
option and Option Shares will vest six (6) months after the Grant
Date and the remaining 50% will vest twelve (12) months after the
Grant Date (the “ Vesting Schedule
”).
5.
Cessation of Service . The option term
specified in Paragraph 2 shall terminate (and this option shall
cease to be outstanding) prior to the Expiration Date should any of
the following provisions become applicable:
(a) Should
Optionee cease to remain in Service for any reason (other than
Optionee’s termination of his employment without Good Reason
or the Company’s termination of Optionee’s employment
for Cause) while this option is outstanding, then Optionee (or any
person or persons to whom this option is transferred pursuant to a
permitted transfer under Paragraph 3) shall have a period of
thirty (30) days (commencing with the date of such cessation of
Service) during which to exercise this option, but in no event
shall this option be exercisable at any time after the Expiration
Date.
(b) During
the limited period of post-Service exercisability, this option
ma